Individual Protection

Older cancer patients are no less likely to refuse treatment than younger patients, but are less likely to receive treatment, research from Macmillan has found.

Dentists' Provident will use OnBase by Hyland as its enterprise content management system (ECM) to digitise its policy and claims processes.

VitalityLife has launched a Business Consultant Talent Academy to increase their number of business consultants offering support for advisers, with the first eight graduating this month.

In 2014 £3.44bn was paid by protection insurers on nearly 128,500 policies, compared to £3.08bn on 98,900 policies in 2013, ABI figures have shown.

Friends Life has made improvements to its maximum benefit calculator facility on its quotation platform to help advisers calculate income protection requirements for clients.

Following the release of risk calculator Ubble, Munich Re's Lee Lovett provides an overview of the tool and what the industry could learn from it.

Retaining protection clients is as important as the initial sale writes First Complete's Toni Smith.

Seven Families has revealed the seventh family to benefit from the campaign, the Knights from Newcastle.

Fiona Murphy caught up with the company's Europe director Dominic Howard to discuss the service and other markets it would like to break into

Insurer Aviva has vowed to drive up the number of products held by its customers following the integration of former rival Friends Life and launch of a direct to consumer service.